GRAHAM —Alamance County’s very first Planet Fitness location is scheduled to open at the end of the month in Graham’s former Lowe’s Foods location, and the franchise is currently pre-selling memberships at reduced rates in the parking lot while the facility’s inside is being configured.

“This is the first one in Alamance County,” with the closest Planet Fitness in Greensboro, said C.J. Bouchard, owner of the local franchise, as well as six Planet Fitness sites in Wake County and one in Rocky Mount.

He owns the building and plans to lease out the remaining 10,000 square feet to tenants.

“This is my eighth location,” Bouchard said.

And it’s going to be a big one. It will create 20 jobs.

“Our club is 22,000 square feet,” he said. “We’ll have over 100 pieces of cardio” equipment.

Planet Fitness also will supply plenty of free weights, resistance equipment and a traffic light-operated 12-minute, self-guided abdominal workout circuit and a 30-minute circuit. Also featured will be the PF360 system, which is used by contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” weight loss show.

Bouchard said amenities like tanning beds and hydromassage also will be available to members with the “Black Card” membership.

Once open at the end of December, the gym will be open 24 hours on weekdays and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends.

Planet Fitness is pre-selling regular and Black Card memberships at a registration trailer in the future gym’s parking lot. Bouchard said the average Planet Fitness has 8,000 members, and he’s hopeful the Graham location will see that many.

For more information, visit the registration trailer at 412 S. Main St. in Graham from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday or noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Or visit www.PlanetFitness.com and select “Graham, NC” under New Locations! Opening Soon! Or check out the “Planet Fitness — Graham, NC” page on Facebook.